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A continuous conversation about climate change - news, views and interviews.

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    Climate News: 'The opportunity is equally clear: to become a destination for investment in clean industry, powered by abundant, low-cost renewable energy' - Christiana Figueres, climate change hero

    Renewable energy, according to Christriana Figueres will give Australians and Australia everything the climate deniers argue is essential, including energy sovereignty - "This ‘energy crisis’ is fixable. We already have the answers"; "Scott was already working late on fuel supply when a call stopped him cold"; "Rudd calls to harness ‘physical terror’ of fuel shortages to push renewables"; "‘Wars, Uncertainty, and Geopolitical Upheaval’ Led to 2025 Global Military Spending Surge"; "Can This Military-Industrial Beast Ever Be Tamed?"; "ABC Shepparton "Breakfast" discusses Renewable Energy Zones"; "A New Idea to Save the Climate? Dam the Bering Strait."; "Amazon invests in Mooroopna"; "Mokoan solar project opened".

    1 h 22 min
  2. Interview: Geelong's Mik Aidt is in the midist of a reset - he wants us all to think again about how we addresss climate issues and should the emphasis be on 'life' rather than focussing on numbers

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    Interview: Geelong's Mik Aidt is in the midist of a reset - he wants us all to think again about how we addresss climate issues and should the emphasis be on 'life' rather than focussing on numbers

    Geelong's Mik Aidt (pictured) describes himself on Substack as a "Climate crusader with a creative soul – part journalist, part campaigner, part podcast poet and musician." He writes and speaks about mobilising more people in service to life on Earth. His Substack is "In service to life on Earth". Many would know Mik Aidt through his popular radio show, "The Sustainable Hour" on community radio. This "climate crusader" is truly eager to have people meet face-to-face, and to see that happen, he first established a Climate Cafe in Geelong. Those attending felt the name was somewhat limiting, and so decided the group should change its name to the "Connections Cafe". Although climate is still on the agenda, the new name has allowed the group to explore fresh and exciting topics.

    35 min

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    Climate New: Peter Gleick points how climate driven events are becoming my frequent and instensive; Carbon driven conflict and the confusion surronding Australia's ANZAC Day

    The American-based "Covering Climate Now" recently staged a "press briefing" at which the speakers and hosts explored "America’s Extreme Drought and Its Climate Connection". One of those at the event was Dr Peter Gleick, a leading scientist, innovator, and communicator on water and climate issues. "Who’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution?"; "A prime-time hit job on renewables falls apart under basic facts"; "‘Made in China’ EVs are taking over the streets, but just how safe is your data?"; "11 Electric Cars Worth a Look With Gas Prices High"; "ANZAC Day".

    29 min

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    Climate News: To address climate change, and protect democracy, we must first deligitimize the fossil fuel industry and strip it of its social licence

    Common Dreams says: "We Must Fight Fossil Fuel Oligarchs to Save Democracy"; "Energy security is now inseparable from national security. Australia has options, but they’re being neglected"; "Critically Endangered listing of Lower Murray River ecosystem and Macquarie Marshes is a wake up call"; "Overheated cows, flooded highways, and now a fuel crisis: why Australia’s food system is in big trouble"; "An ‘ordinary’ storm with extraordinary impacts: what made Wellington’s deluge so intense?"; "El Niño is set to take hold this summer, driving up global temperatures"; "WaterNSW criticised for ‘appalling’ decision after hundreds of turtles left to die in wetlands".

    23 min

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    Climate News: Recovery and rebabilitation will dominate our lives as the world's climate systems continue to worsen

    It was the co-Chief Executive Officer of The Australia Institute, Richard Denniss, who told those at a Royal Society of Victoria gathering late last year that recovery would preoccupy Australians as the world's climate system continued to worsen. "Bessent Questions the Cause of Climate Change and Its Economic Toll"; "‘A Sign of What’s to Come’: Super Typhoon Sinlaku Slams Into Remote US Islands in Pacific"; "‘Time for Half Measures Is Over’: Study Warns of Terrifying Atlantic Ocean Current Collapse"; "The 'crop' we're not harvesting: Why Australia's brightest source is still underused"; "Carbon Removal Industry Reels as Microsoft Retreats"; "Climate change media coverage fell 14% in 2025"; "Live from SEJ: The State of Climate Journalism"; "Climate Change Denial Sees a Resurgence in Trump’s Washington"; "Some states will go from record heat to a freeze — thanks to Alaska".

    1 h 8 min

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    Interview: John Brinnard - A quiet, considered man who cares about justice and the climate, but who is remote from the radical activist image portrayed by climate deniers

    John Brinnard lives in a wonderful place just west of Yandina on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, in a lush piece of forest you could never imagine burning, but after a long, dry spell, that's exactly what happened - bushfire! Was that attributable to climate change? John, in his quiet and considered manner, didn't jump to that conclusion, but he had never seen the bush near his home so dry before or after. John is big on people giving themselves agency through involvement with others concerned about climate issues, and so he has supported "Rising Tide" playing an active role in the group's protests at the Port of Newcastle. He is also involved with the "Urgent Climate Action Network Sunshine Coast ".

    37 min

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    Interview: Professor Ian Lowe - a cricketer, a choristor, an author, a scientist and a granddad who intends to keep lighting a candle to ward off the darkness

    Professor Ian Lowe lives in the small coastal town of Marcoola on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, a place he and his late partner moved to in retirement. However, as he points out, once a scientist, always a scientist, and so he continues to devour scientific journals, engage in webinars and travel to conferences covering topics that embrace his interests. The Professor has written many books and has been involved in ensuring others get published. Ian has been a regular at the Woodford Folk Festival and recently was a guest on the day four edition of the podcast, "First Wine of the Day". Although he spent some of his career in England, most of Ian's time was spent at Queensland's Griffith University.

    59 min

  8. 22 MARS

    Climate News: Invite to talk with EarthX CEO, Peter Simek, about April conference at the Hilton Anatole

    Peter Simek leads EarthX, one of the world’s largest convenings of environmental and sustainability leaders, bringing together policymakers, investors, scientists, innovators, and advocates to accelerate pragmatic, market-driven solutions. Recently, EarthX announced programming and additional speakers for "Earthx2026", a three-day Congress of Conferences taking place in Dallas at the Hilton Anatole on April 20–22, 2026. Under Peter's leadership, EarthX has evolved into a global platform focused on finding common ground and advancing scalable environmental progress. One of the speakers at "EarthX 2025" was Peter Fiekowsky from the "Foundation for Climate Restoration"' "Saudi Arabia could be seven days away from chaos if Iran’s water war hits home"; "Sweden’s ‘old‑growth’ natural forests store 83% more carbon than managed woodlands – new study"; "US interest in electric vehicles surges as gas prices jump amid Iran war"; "Making Coal, Oil and Gas Corporations in Australia Pay Their Fair Share for the Costs of Climate Change"; "Gas giants warn against windfall gains tax as Pocock says ‘wartime profits’ should go to struggling Australians"; "Russian tanker drifts into Libyan waters amid environmental warnings"; "‘Just as Big Oil Predicted’: Fossil Fuel Industry Under Fire as Record Heat Broils Western States"; "'Do not get more powerful than this': Cyclone Narelle set to slam far north Queensland"; "Cyclone Narelle: ‘compact’, dangerous and unusually predictable"; "‘Disaster inertia’: why must NZ keep relearning the same lessons from extreme events?".

    33 min
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A continuous conversation about climate change - news, views and interviews.

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    Robert McLean
  • Années d’activité
    2018 - 2026
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